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New ‘discreet’ Viagra Launched ending Embarrassment Of Blue Pill
The makers of Viagra are set to release a new ‘discrete’ form of the drug that will replace the iconic – and instantly recognisable – little blue pill.
The distinct diamond-shaped tablets might quickly be replaced by a pink, rectangular ‘wafer’ that dissolves on the tongue, meaning it does not require to be taken with water.
About half of guys over 40 suffer erectile dysfunction in the UK and in 2015 there was a record 4.57 million prescriptions for Viagra on the NHS.
The drug initially concerned the marketplace in the 1990s after being developed by the American pharmaceutical business Pfizer.
It was first established in the 1980s as a heart problem medication, but trial participants noticed it had an uncommon negative effects – frequent erections.
Now, Pfizer spin-off Viatris, which owns the Viagra name and brand, has actually looked for a hallmark in the UK for the brand-new kind of the drug, Viagra ODF.
Viatris has actually currently released the Viagra ODF in Canada and it as being ‘thin and discreet’ which may be more effective for numerous customers.
The distinctive tablets – which can trigger humiliation for some patients – has been reinvented and a brand-new dissolvable type might be offered to Brits in the next five years. Stock image
‘Tablets are not always bearable to patients and also sometimes the size of tablets might put patients off having them,’ Thorrun Govind, pharmacist and health professional, told The Telegraph.
She included: ‘Some males may still be discovering the concept of having Viagr humiliating, but I would hope that men’s health and conversations about sexual health have carried on considering that Viagra was first formulated.’
Ms Govind believes this new design is a ‘favorable advance’.
The new dissolvable medication is thought to likely pertained to the UK imminently.
Rebecca Anderson-Smith, partner and chartered trade mark attorney at Mewburn Ellis, told the paper that the hallmark application is a ‘great indicator’ it will be available within the next five years.
She explained trade mark registrations can be cancelled if they are not used for a continuous period of five years or more after registration. As a result, it seems Viatris intends to launch the product within the next few years.
However, approving a trademark would not guarantee the ODF might be sold and it would have to be approved by the Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency first.
It’s expected to cost the like the tablet variation and to be readily available in the same dosages.
An overall of 4.57 million prescriptions for sildenafil, more commonly known by the trademark name Viagra, and other types of impotency drugs offered under the trademark name Cialis and Levitra, were dispensed by the health service in 2023
This comes after dodgy Viagra was found to be Britain’s most significant counterfeit drug after more than ₤ 6.2 countless phony blue tablet were taken by UK regulators in 2023.
More products of the erectile dysfunction drug were discovered than knock-off variations of painkillers like morphine.
Health authorities stated online sellers flouting guidelines were behind the counterfeit products with many being imported from nations like India without an appropriate licence.
Data, from UK regulator The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), show 2.6 million dosages of sildenafil, the generic name for the medication best referred to as Viagra, were taken last year.
Another half-million dosages of tadalafil, another erectile dysfunction drug offered under the brand Cialis worth ₤ 1.2 million were also taken.
While all medications carry potential side impacts drugs from undependable sources may either not work or bring extra active ingredients or impurities like heavy metals or other drugs that could be dangerous.